Prentice and Miller (1996) Found That Most College Students Overestimate

question 45

Multiple Choice

Prentice and Miller (1996) found that most college students overestimate how comfortable their peers are with alcohol on campus. This misperception is an example of

• A) pluralistic ignorance.
• B) psychological reactance.
• C) mass psychogenic illness.
• D) the chameleon effect.

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Definitions:

Mechanical Solidarity

The type of social bonds present in premodern, agrarian societies, in which shared traditions and beliefs created a sense of social cohesion.

Interdependence

A mutual reliance between two or more groups, individuals, or systems for support or functioning.

Organic Solidarity

A concept in sociology that describes how complex societies maintain social cohesion and integration through interdependence and the specialization of roles.

Industrialized Societies

Societies characterized by a high level of industrialization, technological advancement, and urbanization.